Humana Press

Humana Press
Parent company Springer Science+Business Media
Founded 1976
Founder Thomas L. Lanigan and Julia Lanigan
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location New York City
Publication types Books and journals
Nonfiction topics Science, technology, and medical
Official website www.springer.com/humana

Humana Press is an academic publisher of science, technology, and medical books and journals. Humana publishes more than 100 new books and 25 journals per year, with a back list of approximately 1,500 titles in areas such as molecular biology, neuroscience, cancer research, pathology, and medicine.[1]

The company was founded in 1976 in Clifton, New Jersey by Thomas L. Lanigan and his wife, Julia Lanigan, both chemists, and published its first book in 1977. The company was acquired by Springer Science+Business Media in the fall of 2006 and continues to publish under the Humana Press imprint.[2] The company's employees remained at its Totowa, NJ home until June 2008, when they were moved to the Springer offices in New York City.

Following the research areas of interest of its founders, Humana publications focus the areas of molecular biology and medicine. Humana’s flagship product is the Methods in Molecular Biology book series, which has produced more than 1200 published volumes, more than 33,000 individual protocols, and an extensive online database, Springer Protocols.

Selected book series

  • Cancer Drug, Discovery, and Development
  • Contemporary Cardiology
  • Contemporary Endocrinology
  • Current Clinical Oncology
  • Current Clinical Pathology
  • Current Clinical Practice
  • Methods in Molecular Biology
  • Methods in Molecular Medicine
  • Neuromethods

Selected journals

References

  1. ↑ Humana Press website, accessed October 15, 2007.
  2. ↑ Publishers Weekly. "Springer Buys Humana; Blackwell Adds Brandywine." September 5, 2006.
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